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2025 County Report

Fires in Phillips County, CO

In 2025, fire departments serving Phillips County responded to 52 fire and hazmat incidents.

3,487 residents FIPS 08095 4 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
52
179 across 5 years
Building fires
1
12 wildland
Property loss
$16K
$0 structure · $16K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.

52
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 14 26.9%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 7 13.5%
Grass fire 6 11.5%
Power line down 4 7.7%
Cultivated vegetation, crop fire, other 3 5.8%
All other categories 18 34.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Phillips County?

May peaks. Mar dips.

Jan 4
Feb 3
Mar 0
Apr 3
May 9
Jun 8
Jul 5
Aug 6
Sep 4
Oct 3
Nov 4
Dec 3
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Phillips County

179 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 12
2022 17
2023 50
2024 48
2025 52
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 1 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
75%
3
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
25%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Phillips County compares

Phillips County vs CO vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

14.91
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Phillips County
14.91
CO avg
8.02
US avg
7.15
0.29
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Phillips County
0.29
CO avg
0.53
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Phillips County
0
CO avg
4.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Phillips County

4 cities mapped to FIPS 08095.

CityPopulation 
Holyoke 2,430 View ›
Haxtun 917 View ›
Amherst 77 View ›
Paoli 63 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Phillips County

2 departments report from this county.

HOLYOKE VFDHOLYOKE FPD
HOLYOKE
FDID 09525 32 incidents 30 vol
HAXTUN FD
HAXTUN
FDID 09520 28 incidents 30 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in CO

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Cameron Peak 2020 USFS 208,912
2 Pine Gulch 2020 BLM 138,802
3 Hayman 2002 USFS 137,760
4 Spring Creek 2018 BLM 108,045
5 High Park 2012 BLM 87,306
6 MISSIONARY RIDGE 2002 USFS 70,480
7 WEST FORK 2013 USFS 56,575
8 416 2018 USFS 54,130
9 Papoose 2013 USFS 49,282
10 Bridger 2008 BLM 46,588

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.